Pomnik poleglych górników KWK „Wujek” - Katowice, Poland
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Pomnik poleglych górników KWK „Wujek” // The Wujek massacre memorial
Waymark Code: WMJJDY
Location: Śląskie, Poland
Date Posted: 11/24/2013
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Monument
Pomnik projektu Aliny Borowczak-Grzybowskiej i Andrzeja Grzybowskiego sklada sie z 33-metrowej wysokosci krzyza. Obok glównego krzyza, po prawej stronie, w cokole, zostaly umieszczone urny z ziemia z grobów dziewieciu górników - ofiar pacyfikacji, umieszczone w dziewieciu krzyzach.
Obiekt znajduje sie w ewidencji miejsc pamieci województwa slaskiego. Po lewej stronie, na murze kopalnianym, znajduje sie kilkanascie pamiatkowych tablic.
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The Wujek massacre memorial
The Pacification of Wujek was a strike-breaking action by the Polish police and army at the Wujek Coal Mine in Katowice, Poland, culminating in the massacre of nine striking miners on December 16, 1981.
It was part of a large-scale action aimed to break the Solidarity free trade union after the introduction of martial law in Poland in 1981. Although the strike was supressed, in a longer term, it turned out to be a milestone towards the collapse of the authoritarian system in Poland and, ultimately, to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. It was a site of numerous protests, including by Solidarity activist Anna Walentynowicz who commemorated a plaque to the murdered miners shortly after she left prison at Goldap.
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